Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1865
Reference number: PT/72
Date: February 1864 - March 1865
Description
The second of two volumes, now disbound and held in boxes, containing the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 155 of Philosophical Transactions in 1865. This volume comprises papers I-VIII.
The volume also includes some original illustrations and figures in various media (drawings, watercolours) in support of the papers.
Missing from this volume are manuscripts for the following papers:
'On the osteology of the genus glyptodon' by Thomas Henry Huxley; and
'On the composition of sea-water in the different parts of the ocean' by Georg Forchhammer, illustrations and tables only.
- Reference number
- PT/72
- Earliest possible date
- February 1864 - March 1865
- Physical description
- Unbound manuscript papers written in ink; original vellum-covered volume with gilded title on spine preserved separately. End leaves and binding fragments found in box 1.
- Page extent
- Two boxes containing six papers and one set of tables and illustrations
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1865, February 1864 - March 1865, PT/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_72/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1865, accessed on 21 January 2025
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This volume contains 7 manuscripts:
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Paper, 'On the spectra of ignited gases and vapours with expecial [sic] regard to the different spectra of the same elementary gaseous substance' by Dr J [Julius] Plucker and J W [Johann Wilhelm] Hittorf
1864 Creator: Julius Plucker Reference number: PT/72/1 -
Paper, ['Investigations of the specific heat of solid bodies'] by [Hermann Kopp]
1864 Creator: Hermann Kopp Reference number: PT/72/2 -
Paper, 'On the composition of seawater in the different parts of the ocean' by Georg Forchhammer
1864 Creator: Georg Johan Forchhammer Reference number: PT/72/3 -
Illustrations and tables, from 'On the magnetic character of the armour-plated ships of the Royal Navy, and on the effect on the compass of particular arrangements of iron in a ship' by Frederick John Owen Evans and Archibald Smith
1865 Creator: Frederick John Owen Evans , Archibald Smith Reference number: PT/72/4
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Dates: 1802-1865
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